It took clutch performances by some this past weekend in Kitzbühel to win the battle for spots. Thomsen, who won a World Cup medal on the Sochi downhill course in February 2012, finished 12th in the legendary Hahnenkamm downhill on Saturday while Pridy finished a career-best 21st in the super-G on Sunday.

History will be made in 2016 when Rio de Janeiro, Brazil hosts the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, marking the first time that a South American country will welcome the world to an Olympic Games. It is also just the third time that the Games will be held in the southern hemisphere, following Melbourne 1956 and Sydney 2000.